Abdus Salam Medal Explained

Abdus Salam Medal
Presenter:Third World Academy of Sciences
Country: Italy
Location:Trieste
Year:1995
Year2:2015
Holder:Jacob Palis

The Abdus Salam Medal (Official: Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology), is an award presented by TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world in Trieste. The Abdus Salam Medal was instituted in 1995 to honour the Academy's founder and first president, Nobel Laureate Professor Abdus Salam and is awarded to highly distinguished personalities who have served the cause of science in the Developing World.[1] [2]

Recipients

YearNameCountry
1995Federico Mayor Zaragoza
1996M. G. K. Menon
1998Thomas R. Odhiambo
2000
2002Paolo Budinich
2005Lu Yongxiang
2008C. N. R. Rao
2012Mohamed H.A. Hassan
2015Jacob Palis
2018Fernando Quevedo

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abdus Salam Medal . Abdus Salam Medal . Third World Academy of Sciences . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204001455/http://twas.ictp.it/prog/prizes/abdus-salam-medal . 2013-12-04 .
  2. Web site: Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology . (html) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707050730/http://www.twas.org.cn/twas/adbus.asp . 2011-07-07 .